Anaerobic biogranulation as microbial response to substrate adequacy

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1002-1010

  Tay, Joo Hwa ^a   Yan, Yue Gen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0041545835     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1997)123:10(1002)     Document Type: Article

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